Souvenir Pennant Wristband

Abstract

The pennant wristband has a laminar flexible band having a tapered head, a neck, a tapered tail, and a buckle to be assembled on the band at the neck. The head has a large end tapering to a small end. Extending from the large end is the neck. The tail has a big end tapering to a little end away from the head. The big end extends from the neck. The buckle has Apertures through which the band is pulled so the neck rests on the buckle's center bar. The wristband is manufactured by printing images on a static cling layer, applying adhesive to that layer, embossing a separate lenticular layer with a lens pattern, laminating it to the static cling layer, and cutting the layers into desired shapes.

1 . A wristband comprising:
 a flexible band having a head portion connected to a neck portion, which is connected to a tail portion;   the head having a large end attached to the neck and an opposite small end, the width of the head tapering downward from the large end to the small end;   the tail having a big end attached to the neck and an opposite little end, the width of the tail tapering downward from the big end to the little end; and   a removable buckle locatable on the neck, the buckle having a pair of apertures.   
   
   
       2 . The wristband of  claim 1 , the buckle further comprising:
 a generally rectangular frame having a pair of parallel sides and at least one center bar extending across the frame, the center bar being parallel to the sides and forming at least two apertures between the sides of the frame.   
   
   
       3 . The wristband of  claim 2 , the buckle further comprising:
 a pair of generally triangular ends extending from the parallel sides; and   the center bar extending between the triangular ends.   
   
   
       4 . The wristband of  claim 3 , wherein the top surface of the center bar is recessed from the top surface of the parallel sides. 
   
   
       5 . The wristband of  claim 1 , further comprising a pair of head stops connecting the head to the neck. 
   
   
       6 . The wristband of  claim 1 , further comprising a pair of tail stops connecting the tail to the neck. 
   
   
       7 . The wristband of  claim 1 , wherein the band is made of a static cling material. 
   
   
       8 . The wristband of  claim 1 , wherein the band is imprinted with an image. 
   
   
       9 . The wristband of  claim 1 , wherein the frame has a raised portion where the center bar meets the frame. 
   
   
       10 . The wristband of  claim 1 , wherein the apertures are generally rectangular in shape. 
   
   
       11 . The wristband of  claim 1 , wherein the removable buckle is of a shape selected from the group consisting of a rectangle, a circle, a diamond, an oval, a square, or a heart. 
   
   
       12 . The wristband of  claim 1 , wherein the removable buckle further comprises a plurality of ridges on an underside of the sides of the frame. 
   
   
       13 . The wristband of  claim 1  further comprising a vertical slit through the tail at a position near to the large end of the slit having a slit width wider than the little end of the tail and being at a position near to the side of the frame when the buckle is positioned on the band. 
   
   
       14 . The wristband of  claim 12 , wherein the slit has a depth at least equal to the thickness of the band.